GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 14, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sodexo, Inc. and Auxilio, Inc (OTCBB:AUXO) today announced a partnership to provide Auxilio's document services to Sodexo's health care customer base in the United States. Recognizing the increasing need for hospitals and health systems to reduce costs and increase efficiencies, Sodexo will leverage Auxilio's proven solutions to bring additional value to its clients.
Sodexo will invest in sales and marketing resources and assist Auxilio with marketing their document services to Sodexo's U.S. health care customer base of more than 1,000 hospitals.
"By partnering with Auxilio we are able to bring demonstrable and guaranteed savings and process efficiencies to our existing clients," stated Tucker Schuldt, Sr. vice president of strategy and planning for Sodexo North America. "We are impressed with Auxilio's unique approach to the health care document services environment and look forward to leveraging this partnership to deliver more value to our clients," added Schuldt.
"We are excited and honored to partner with Sodexo and look forward to introducing our services to their health care customers," stated Etienne Weidemann, Chief Executive Officer of Auxilio. "Auxilio's unique document services in the complex hospital environment will provide Sodexo's customers with an immediate and tangible opportunity to reduce costs and improve productivity."
For further details on the partnership, please refer to the appropriate Auxilio SEC filings.
About Auxilio
Auxilio (www.auxilioinc.com) provides healthcare document management services including situational analysis, strategy development and implementation. The company helps health systems streamline and align processes and infrastructure to create manageable, dependable document management programs that reduce cost and increase productivity. Auxilio's Image Management programs guarantee our clients immediate measurable savings, a fully outsourced process, and unparalleled service. Auxilio's target market includes medium to large hospitals and health care systems. Customers served by Auxilio include health systems such as Saint Barnabas Medical Center, California Pacific Medical Center, St. Joseph Health System, MemorialCare and Scottsdale Healthcare.
About Sodexo
Sodexo, Inc. (www.sodexoUSA.com) is a leading integrated facilities management services company in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with $7.7 billion (USD) in annual revenue and 120,000 employees. Sodexo serves more than ten million customers daily in corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, government, and remote sites. Sodexo, Inc., headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., is a member of Sodexo Group, and funds all administrative costs for the Sodexo Foundation (www.sodexofoundation.org), an independent charitable organization that, since its founding in 1999, has made more than $11 million in grants to fight hunger in America.
For more information, see the company's website at www.auxilioinc.com
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